Post ACd38kzHwfGo7t9RFg by swiley@qoto.org
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(DIR) Post #ACayS9lx8DYwPVQP8i by freemo@qoto.org
2021-10-21T16:54:53Z
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What is your favorite #FOSS #CAD #software?
(DIR) Post #ACayh2JV96EbcYDDRA by swiley@qoto.org
2021-10-21T16:57:35Z
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@freemo I'm the first to voate for OpenSCAD and BRL-CAD has zero votes?
(DIR) Post #ACaymE7weOJjhxHX84 by freemo@qoto.org
2021-10-21T16:58:32Z
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@swiley well there are only 3 votes so far, so give it time.OpenSCAD is where im leaning but i dont have much experience with any of them.
(DIR) Post #ACaz8u1rXasA2FFWqm by herag@dobbs.town
2021-10-21T17:02:40Z
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@freemoI voted OpenSCAD, but I gotta be honest, it's the only one that I'm actually comfortable with. I didn't give the others much of a chance.@swiley
(DIR) Post #ACazDokMbj6J6IPMQ4 by freemo@qoto.org
2021-10-21T17:03:31Z
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@herag Considering it requires you to know a DSL and therefore one of the most complicated on the list, the fact that it was the only one you got comfortable with says something in its own right.@swiley
(DIR) Post #ACazL5KPMBJaYOjV4q by swiley@qoto.org
2021-10-21T17:04:49Z
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@freemo @herag IMO: Learning a DSL is much easier than learning a new GUI and building an intuition for manipulating 3d objects with a 2d display and pointing device.
(DIR) Post #ACazhpADcaxh56oGx6 by freemo@qoto.org
2021-10-21T17:08:51Z
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@swiley for some people, myself included, this is true. Not sure how true it is in general.Also with cad being a fundementally 3d visualization sort of domain I feel like its less beholden to that then other creation tools might be (like software development)@herag
(DIR) Post #ACazy9FWiAWK0d4nj6 by bonifartius@qoto.org
2021-10-21T17:11:56Z
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@freemo i haven't tried none in the list. i only ever used qcad (which is 2d only iirc)
(DIR) Post #ACb07oDRlhlvfdi69A by herag@dobbs.town
2021-10-21T17:13:40Z
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@freemoI know there are other things you can do with it, hut I learned it for creating 3D Printer files. I got used to it and honestly the DSL part was (don't shoot me) kind of fun. Frustrating, but fun.I have tried to learn how to use things like Blender for the same purpose while I was still learning OpenSCAD and hating myself... but I find Blender to be waaaay more annoying. The UI breaks my brain and isn't as exact.@swiley
(DIR) Post #ACb6wljNMnYmSPKN4y by M4x@chaos.social
2021-10-21T18:30:02Z
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@freemo vote for #freecad :awesome:
(DIR) Post #ACb7JwzhejSc3B1CXA by M4x@chaos.social
2021-10-21T18:34:15Z
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@freemo and I think #solvespace is missing
(DIR) Post #ACbymPcy5QzoX9qCjQ by hd@ieji.de
2021-10-22T04:33:16Z
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@herag @freemo @swiley I'm considering trying cadquery, which looks more powerful, being based on python
(DIR) Post #ACbysRAtFOlD4Na3tI by freemo@qoto.org
2021-10-22T04:34:19Z
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@hd I will have to check this out as an option too, thanks.@herag @swiley
(DIR) Post #ACcfLYQTYuIs23RAsi by lenzj@fosstodon.org
2021-10-22T12:30:08Z
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@freemo Solvespace https://solvespace.com
(DIR) Post #ACd38kzHwfGo7t9RFg by swiley@qoto.org
2021-10-22T16:56:51Z
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@freemo And still zero votes for BRL-CAD with OpenSCAD in the minority.
(DIR) Post #ACd3CCQyM8yY7Qk3TU by freemo@qoto.org
2021-10-22T16:57:28Z
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@swiley so it would seem...